Aaliyah Bonman, 19, was shot and killed in Fresno in the early hours of Saturday, August 24, 2024. Officers found her about 3:00 a.m. in the parking lot of the Rite Aid at Cedar and Nees Avenues with a single gunshot wound to her upper body. She was taken to Saint Agnes Medical Center and pronounced dead shortly after.

Fresno Police say Bonman had been in a physical altercation with 21-year-old Penelope Mehr prior to the shooting. Mehr allegedly produced a handgun and shot Bonman; detectives identified 18-year-old Nevaeh Solomon as an accessory suspected of supplying the firearm. Mehr was arrested by undercover detectives on August 25 near Second Street and Jensen Avenue and booked on a murder charge. Solomon later turned herself in and was booked into Fresno County Jail.

Bonman’s family described her as loving and hoping to attend nursing school; a GoFundMe was set up to help with funeral expenses. This was the 21st homicide reported in Fresno for 2024. Anyone with information is asked to contact Valley Crime Stoppers at (559) 498-STOP.

Did anyone in the Fresno area see or hear anything that night at Cedar and Nees Avenues?